Saturday morning dinner preparations, then spinning

Good morning everyone, and happy Saturday! Before I can do too much spinning here at home I have to make a quick run to the grocery store to get potatoes, carrots, and cabbage for the corned beef that we’re having for dinner tonight, and then load up the crock pot. Many people usually only think of having corned beef around St. Patrick’s Day. It’s one of my favorite meals especially on days when I’ve got a lot to do. Loading up the crock pot in the morning is quick and easy, and I don’t have to do anything later except load up my plate.

This morning my goal is to finish up the last two ounces of this braid of blue, black, and gray fiber from Spinner’s Hill so that I can demonstrate plying for a spinning class that I’m teaching tomorrow. After that, I’ll continue to work on the black and blue faced Leicester from my friend Susan that I started spinning last weekend art he Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival on one of Jim’s gorgeous spindles and on my Hilltopper wheel.

I didn’t get far spinning on my wheel in the booth. I do consider myself to be primarily a wheel spinner, but last weekend it was way more fun to stand and spin on a spindle. Spindle spinning seems to draws a lot of interest from festival goers (and helps sell spindles too). It also gave me the opportunity to stroll around while I spin and check out what the other vendors have. I gave a lot of introductory lessons last weekend to people who had never spun before, and I hope they continue with it.

Later on his morning we’re going to check out the mummy exhibit at the Albany Institute of History and Art, grab some lunch, then stop in at our monthly Italian Greyhound Adoption event at Pet Supplies Plus on Western Ave. Not a terribly busy day, but while we’re out having fun on this gorgeous fall day, a tasty dinner will be slowly cooking and waiting for us when we get home.

Which reminds me, I need to get to the grocery store, which means I need to change out of my jammies and slippers.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Oh, and one more thing before I go…the forecast for Rhinebeck next weekend now looks a little better than it did a couple of days ago. Let’s hope it continues to improve and those chances of rain for Sunday keep going down.

Aaron Bush

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